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VOL. VII .
STILL WAITING.
A -Dies Xon so Far as the
.Proceedings are Con
cerned. v
But a Rusher for the Bar
Boom Boomers and Com
bination Howlers.
The Man and Brother Kicked Out
of the Chair After Two
Hours' Service.
Geo. Wm. Curtis Squelches a Res
olution Pledging Support to
the Nominee. <;
The Soldiers Sat Down Upon by the
Grand Old Tarty,
And an Ovation Extended to the Infi
del Bob lngersoll.
Additional Temperance Efforts Urging the
Convention to Keep Sober.
The Minnesota Delegation to the Front With
a. Speech From Barto.
Henderson Gives a Boom all Around anil
the Audience Make a Big; One
for Blame.
The Credential Committee Gives the )la
honites Their Seats,
.«--»*«*. Platform Tinkers Demand a Jlif/li
Protective Plank.
Cheering 'Reports of tiie Virtuous Senti
'—tut.i of Distinguished
lUiniiesotians.
KPITOM E OF THE DAY.
|Special Telegram to the Globe.!
Chicago, June 4, —The following is an epitome
of the proceedings of the Republican national
convention to-day:
MOUXINIi SESSION.
('ailed to order at 11:20 a. m. by Chairman
Lynch.
Prayer by Rev. John 11. Burroughs, of Chi
cago. -7..77
Introduction of temperance memorial asking
amendment of national constitution giving local
opinion in all states. Referred without debate.
Resolution offered that American land should
belong only to citizens. Referred without de
bate.
Resolutions offered to extend presidential term
to six years. Referred without debate. ' •
Resolution pledging the convention to support
:he nominee. Debated and withdrawn.
Resolution relative to the basis of representa
tion in future national conventions. Referred
without debate.
Report of committee on permanent organiza
;ion, nominating Hon. John B. Henderson, of
Missouri, for permanent chairman, and same list
of vice presidents as published yesterday as pre
sented by the various states,
Address of Mr. Henderson on taking chair.'' '.". '.
Resolution that territorial appointees should be
residents of the territory. Referred without de
bate.
Recess until 7 p. m.
evening SESSION.
Convention called to order at 7:35 p. m.
Committee on credentials reported that they
were not ready to report.
A. C. Matthews, of Illinois, offered a resolu
tion for issuance of 800 tickets of admission to
veteran soldiers. Debated and voted down.
Adjourned to 10 a. m. Thursday.
Special Telegram to the Globe. |
Chicago, June 4.—"Here we are again,"
as .Mr. Merryman says in the circus, doing
up the '.'grand old party" for the benefit of
the public. There seems to be a greater
crowd in the city to-day than heretofore, the
ranks of the faithful being swelled by those
who desire to be "in at the death." Long
before 11 a. m., the hour for the meeting of
the convention, people gathered by the thou
sand on the sidewalk and in tbe street front
ing the genera] entrance of the Exposition
building' and the policemen had a difficult
task in keeping tile street clear for
the passage of teams. Probably not one
half of the crowd had tickets of admission,
but they seemed to derive some . comfort
from inspecting the outside bricks of the
building, and comparing them with the
bricks that they usually wear in their hats
later in the day. The entrance set apart for
delegates and newspaper men was not so
thronged, because there were not so many of
'em as there are of the haripolloi, but the v make
up in gigantic proportion of intellect for what
they lack numerically. In fact the num
ber of newspaper men is greater than I wish
it was, for the Bungletown Bugle and
Flap Jack Reporter monopolize altogether
too much room in the department set apart
forthe press, to make work in the convention
convenient or pleasant. Still, as newspapers
make the statesmen of the country, they are
an important factor. In fact, what's the use
of being a statesman without the newspapers
to tell about it. I might add that the bulk
of "statesmen" rely upon the elastic con
science of newspaper men in swearing that
they an statesmen when they are only fifth'
rate ward politicians. The Globe don't do
that kind of business, however,
lot iii Minnesota we are so
fortunate that all our public men are actual
statesmen.and we don't have to lie about it
as other less favored localities do. • Still we
would lie on th is subject if it was necessary
to keep our end up, and it must not for a
moment be supposed that I am reflecting
upon the capacity of Minnesota newspaper
men to become second George Washingtons
by telling a good Round Robiu lie. In fact
I think they could give George a full hand
and beat him at his own game. But I fear I
am digressing iv the cause of truth and self
defense.
THE PRATER.
There were two or three notable things in
the morning session of the convention. The
prayer offered by Rev. J. H. Burroughs, was
not quite such a boomer for the "grand old
party" as that of the Rev. Bristol's yesterday,
but like the eggs which one of our fellow citi
zens recommends as "fair eggs" it was fair.
Probably the Rev. Bristol got back since
be took his yesterday's effort up to see what
effect it had and the Rev. Burroughs did not
want to be too previous until he was
further advised. The convention was again
daft as to what it all meant and a less num
ber arose during its delivery than yesterday.
The Blame, men appeared to all keep their
scats, appearently not wishing to make
another show of their strength at this stage
of the game.
HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF.
I scarcely thought when I recounted in
yesterday's Globe the memorable scene in
the convention ** of ISSO, when Gen. Gar
field came to the rescue of the about-to-be
expelled West Virginia delegates, that my
prophetic soul was covering a portion of . to
day's proceedings. But so it proved. Soon
after the convention had gotten to work . Mr.
Hawkins, of Ten nesee, offered a resolution
pledging members to "support the nominee
whoever he may be." This was a firebrand.
Mr. Edward L. Pierce, of Massachusetts,
was early on his feet in opposition, but' his
remarks did not seem to carry conviction.
Geo. A. Knight, of Colorado, followed with a
stirring speech in behalf of the resolution
and the applause given his utterances seem
ed to presage the passage of the resolution.
Several delegates struggled to their feet to
respond, but Geo.Wm.Curtis received recog
nition of the chair. Geo. William has the
air of a polished literary man of the New-
England school. His hair is iron gray,,
parted in the middle fore and aft, and his
Burnside whiskers clearly match his hair in
color. As he mounted his chair, with his
dress coat closely buttoned, he made quite a
commanding figure, and he speaks well.
When he had said, "I came to Chicago and
to this convention a Republican and
a free. man, aud by the
grace of God I propose to go away
from Chicago and this convention, a Repub
lican and a free man," he had the earnest
attention of every one within sound of his
voice. 'As he warm ed up and declared the
resolution a stigma aud an insult to every
member of the convention, it. was evident
that he, like Garfield four years ago, had
struck a responsive chord in the convention.
He recounted the scene and speech by Gen.
Garfield which I described quite fully yester
day,and asked the mover of this resolution to
follow the example of four years ago and
withdraw the proposition. His speech was
i the best delivered up to this stage of jthe pro
ceedings and it had its effect.
When he concluded two or three more
delegates, charged with speeches, sprang to
their feet. The chair inquired upon which
side of the question they wished to speak,
and "against the resolution" was their re
sponse. The chair held that under the rules
the speeches must alternate, for and against,
provided any one would speak in opposition
to Mr. Curtis, and he waited for a friend of
the resolution to arise. There was no on c
in all that body of 820 men to advocate a
pledge that they would "support the nomi
nee, whoever he may he," and after a mo
ment's pause a motion to lay on the table
was heard. Then Mr. Hawkins, the mover
of the resolution, struggled to his feet with
the announcement that out of deference to
the position of Gen. Garfield and the action
of four years ago he, too, would withdraw the
resolution.
Though the practical result was the same,
Mr. Curtis was not quite correct with his his
tory. A resolution similar to tbe one offered
to-day, was passed by the convention of ISBO
without a dissenting voice, Gen. Gar
field or any one else, save members from
West Virginia who voted in the negative.
As a penalty for that vote Mr. Coukling
moved their expulsion and it was when that
| resolution was about to be adopted that Gar
field arose and by his eloquent appeal induc
ed the withdrawal of the resolution. The
verdict was substantially the same, however,
as to-day, for the withdrawal of the expulsion
resolution rendered the binding resolution
nugatory and was practically the same as the
withdrawal to-day without a vote.
It was a marked victor}* for the "Inde
pendents" of the Curtis-Roosevelt-Pieree
stripe and I think I shall hove to accord them
a higher degree of influence than heretofore.
They put Lynch in the chair in opposition to
the time honored usage of selection of tem
porary chairman by the National committee,
and-.they prevented the convention from
binding them to support the nominee if he
is not the man of their choice.' As the "Inde
pendents" have openly declared that they
would not support Blame it was a victory of
no mean proportions. Possibly C :rl Schurz
will not have to fall back on piano playing,
after all.
TOYING WITH THE colored MAX.
The hollowness and insincerity of "the
grand old party," in bidding for the colored
vote, received an apt illustration to-day.
When the resolution just referred to had
been tabled, the committee on credentials
announced that they would not be ready to
report until the afternoon or evening. 'It is
customary, in such an event, for the con
vention to adjourn and ascertain who its
members are before proceeding with other
business, but while the brethern evidently
shared the indignation of the Republican I
quoted in my telegram last night,and didn't
want to be presided over by a colored
man any longer than was due for the darkey
vote received, the committee on permanent
organization accordingly followed with their
report recommending Hon. 3. 1). Henderson
for permanent chairman. This was the end
of the "man and brother" as presiding of
ficer. A couple of ace of spades delegates
raised the point in behalf of their dusky part
ner that there should be no permanent
chairman until the committee on creden
tials reported, but Mr. Lynch had the manli
ness to rule against himself and declare the
point not well taken, and so with less than
two hours'service in the sessions of yesterday
and to-day combined, Mr. Lynch retired and
the Caucassian came to the front.The colored
man ought to learn from this lesson the tool
that is being made of him by "the grand old
party."
A BOOM ALL AROUND.
Mr. Henderson having been elected with
unanimity apparently considered it only fair
to give a little "boom for a cent all around"
for the candidates, though personally he is
for Edmunds first and Gen. Sherman second,
lie read his speech fiom manuscript and
read it very poorly. He had not uttered ten
words before bis throat filled up and his
voice became husky and I was almost in
clined to move that he be granted "leave to
print" or hand his manuscript over to the
reading secretary to help him out. But he
managed to struggle through with it and
improved a little as J. B. Gilfillan and
Barker warmed up the atmosphere by
passing up one of the aisles arm in arm.
. It was interesting to note the difference in
degree of applause as he alluded to the va
rious distinguished men who are candidates
for the presidential nomination. His first
allusion was to Arthur, and that elicited only
moderate applause. The commendation for
Edmunds brought out only feeble cheers, and
Sherman received about the same send off as
Edmunds. When he reacheh Logan there
was a lively round of applause, but it came
largely from the spectators, who are strong
for Logan locally. It remained for Blame to
carry off the honors in the way of applause.
The Blame delegates and hundreds
of the audience rose to their feet, mounted
chairs, swung hats, handkerchiefs, news
papers, canes, umbrellas and parasolsthe
ladies joining in the demonstration of ap
proval. As the applause would die down a
little the reaction would be taken up and an
other round follow, and for a couple of min
utes there was a wild j and exhilerating scene
which greatly cheered: the. waning.hopes of
the supporters -of the Pine Tree statesman.
Massey, of Delaware, who has a voice like a
bull of Baslian, and stands six feet in his
stockings, mounted a chair, and making a
trumpet of his hands, helped out the ap
plause in a way the Arthur men must have
despised. '..'"' '7 .'.'■
The speaker when quiet was partially re
stored,dumped Joe Hawley and Harrison and
Gresham in one hole, but whole three did
not awake a responsive chord of any mo
ment. ■ '.; His last victim was Tecumseh * Sher
iDailll mm dHotlE.
man, though his allusion to him was com
paratively elaborate it failed to produce any
violent, animation. In fact his allusion to
the General seemed to stick in his throat and
he made the hardest work of reading this
passage of any part of his speech. The
visions of what a bull in a China shop old
Tecumseh would be in distributing the post
offices, mellowed down the enthusiasm im
mensely..
7 '. 7-•-. AXOTHEK. REMISISESOE.
The selection of Henderson calls to mind
that he was one of seven Republican sena
tors who were anathematized and ruled out of
the party because they refused to vote for the
impeachment of Andy Johnson in 1868. No
abuse was too vile to heap upon them at that
time. Of the seven, Fessenden of Maine,
Grimes of lowa and Norton of Minnesota are
dead. Trumbull of Illinois and Doolittle of
Wisconsin have joined the Democratic party
and are practicing law in Chicago. . Ross of
Kansas is punishing bad whisky and
setting type on a country
paper in that state, while
Henderson of Missouri is chairman of a Re
publican national convention. The "Inde
pendents" were too good to . support
a Blame man for temporary chairman, but
just good enough to support a man whom
they villified most heartily a few years ago,
for permanent chairman. And now I won
der whether Geo. Wm. Curtis will make a
spread to-morrow covering this reminis
cence, as he did to-day covering the Garfield
West Virginia episode^ which I recounted
yesterday. Perhaps he will regard this as a
"putrid reminiscence."
TRYING TO SAVE 'EM.
The "hilarity of the occasion" has evident
ly gone abroad in the land and the temper
ance workers all over the f ountry are making a
concerted movement to save the convention
from utter debauchery. That is the only
way I can account for so many temperance -
politieiacs and memorials raining in upon
this body. Every time a member arises and
shouts "Mr. President" I expect it is for the
purpose of presenting a temperance memo
rial. It is an appropriate place for brother
Satterlee' army to get in its work, just as
they send missionaries out where there is
not a soul, save heathen, and they all need
it. If the session is prolonged much long
er I am afraid the case .vill be hopeless i and
the temperance army will retire discomfited.
THE SOLDIERS SNUBBED. 77.17*'
It is evident that the "grand old party"
loves offices better than it loves
the veteran soldiers. At the brief
session of the convention to-night,
Matthews of Illinois moved to have 800
tickets of admission issued to the veteran
soldiers. He declared that Union soldiers
had come hundreds of miles and now could
not gain admission to the hall. It was ob
jected to at first on the ground that tickets
for all the seats had been issued, but Matth
ews urged that hundreds of seats were not
occupied half of the time and he promised
that the veterans would vacate when any
ticket bolder demanded. It was pro
posed to, issue them to the states
proportionately to their delegates,
but some of the southern delegates
arose and said there were no soldiers from
their country who fought on that side.
Finally, Massey,the Blame howler from Dela
ware, gave the Logan snap away by moving
that the Illinois delegation distribute the
whole of them. Then it began to dawn on
both the Blame and Arthur men, if they ad
mitted the soldiers there would be cheers for
Logan until life for the other candidates
would become a burden, and the resolution
was overwhelmingly voted down. It was
a very transparent scheme of the Logan
men to bring in an outside pressure, but
it placed the "grand old party"
in the position of giving a direct snub to the
soldiers. It demonstrated that, as in the
case of Lynch, they will resort to any dodge
for votes. They could let a colored man pre
side for a couple of hours to catch some
votes, and then kick him aside with con
tempt. So too with the soldiers. They are
good enough to vote the Republican ticket,
but not good enough to attend a national
convention, though Mr. Matthews declared
that they would not even ask seats, but
would stow themselves away in empty cor
ners. "The grand old party" is a great in
stitution.
THEY DON'T TOTE FAIR.
It came out in the discussion of the soldiers'
resolution that the darkey chairman of south
ern delegations don't tote fair in the distri
bution of tickets. Lee, one of the ace of
spades delegates from Florida, arose and
said his delegation was entitled to twenty-five
tickets, but they had not received them.
They were of course issued to the chairman
of the Florida delegation and he had prob
ably sold the whole lot and kept the other ace
of spades fellows from having any share in
the speculation. Such a gross breach of
faith on the part of a chairman merits a
formal vote of censure from the delegation.
OVATION TO AN INFIDEL.
Bob lngersoll is in town, and just before
the convention adjourned to-night he was
discovered in the rear of the hall and a shout
of "lngersoll!" "lngersoll!" went up. .The
delegates arose in their seats, stood on their
chairs, waved their arms, applauded and
shouted for a speech from the great infidel.
Bob knew that as he was not a delegate he
had no right to speak, and no one had the
wit to move that he be heard after
adjournment, and so they turned it into
an ovation, to which Pope Bob did not
respond. It was some minutes before the
chair could secure a sufficient degree of quiet
and attention from the delegates to put the
motion to adjourn. Here is a party setting
up the claim of upholding great moral ideas,
snubbing the earnest temperance reform ele
ment, spurning the veteran soldiers and ex
tending an ovation to an infidel. Certainly
we have fallen upon peculiar times.
odds and ENDS.
Clayton did not have a chance to make an
"empty sleeve" speech in the convention,
but when the national committee selected
him for temporary chairman he never
imagined a defeat in the convention and
make the committee a speech, returning
thanks and pledging himself to make an im
partial presiding officer.
The giant who attracted so much attention
at the Blame headquarters yesterday that the
crowd abandoned the speaking to get a free
show came pretty near breaking up the con
vention to-day by .putting in en appearance
in the exposition building* A free show
takes their eye. - 77* 7
■ The hotel keepers of Chicago are so happy
over the big crowd that they have hung large
sheets of paper over their clocks, so that the
delegates will stay longer and not notice how
the time and their hotel bills run on.
' Hundreds of people are besieging the dele
gates for tickets of admission, and hundreds
of other people are engaged in selling tickets.
Signs are posted at all the hotels of "conven
tion tickets for sale," and speculators throng
the corridors and on the sidewalks in front of
the hotels. I priced several of them to-day.
and the cheapest I found was $25, and from
that up to $50,' according to the eligibility of
location. There is great grumbling as usual
for lack of tickets, but that is inevitable.
• . The "echo" in the Exposition building is
one of the peculiarities. . A big sounding
board was put in for the benefit of the mu
sical festival and the convention gets the
benefit or the reverse. In some locations .it
is decidedly odd. My seat in the convention
ST. PAUL. MINN., THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1884.
to-day happened en rapport, as we ' say ' in
Paris, , with ■ Geo. Wm. Curtis' seat in the
convention, and when he made his speech
on the pending resolution this morning, it
came double. Every word was echoed back
so distinctly that it appeared as though some
one on the presiding officer's platform was
repeating the words after him. I could face
the speaker and listen or turn my back I to
him y and face the echo, . and
hear the speech either ' way
equally well. I accordingly took in a dou
ble dose of Curtis at one swoop. This does
does not apply to all portions of the hall, but
where it does it is very advantageous, for, if
you miss a word of the speaker you can take
it in from the echos, and catch up with his
next sentence before the echo gets hold 'of
that. It Is no wonder that they need tem
perance resolutions in such a state of affairs.
The Logan club made their usual . brass
band singing campaign of the hotels to-night,
They make lively music for the boys and
whoop it up in good style. As they marched
out of the upper corridors of the Grand Pa
cific a Blame man displayed a couple of pic
tures of the Maine statesman, without fuck's
tatoo marks, and the crowd undertook to
out yell the Logan boys. These little episodes
keep their spirits up, and every time they
occur I hear remarks in the crowd, "Blame
is going to be nominated sure." It is upon
such sandy foundation that the hopes of the
Blaiueites rest. •
There is perhaps no better Illustration of
how Indiscriminately the Blame campaign is
conducted than a little incident to-night. I
visited the §500 per day, about 10 p. m. and
found them short of speakers. They were
howling for Chauncey M. Depew and Gal
usha A Grow, but neither of them were present
Then somebody sent up a shout for Bob ln
gersoll and the crowd took it up.
Finally the impromptu chairman of
the meeting, who had yelled himself so
hoarse that he could scarcely speak aloud,
formally inquired if Bob. was in the room,
and wanted him to come forward if he was.
Both the crowd and the chairman were en
tirely oblivious of the fact that lngersoll had
broken with Blame, and if he were to speak
it would be to anathematize him as much
as he does the Bible. The Blame men count
ed up their delegates with just about as much
judgment as they counted on Bob. lngersoll
in this call.
ABOUT THE MIXXESOTIAXS.
There is very general surprise expressed
among the Minuesotions at the silence .of
Bill Washburn under Fletcher's letter. There
is a direct questiouof veracity at issue be
tween the gentlemen, but Washburn would
rather respond by letter or newspaper inter
view. It looks as if Fletch had the dead
wood on Wash, so to speak.
There was a rural rooster at the Minnesota
headquarters this morning who was very
mad. He was appealing to delegate Rod
gers and Gen. McLaren for a ticket of ad
mission to the convention. He said he had
always voted the Republican ticket, but if he
was thus to be ruthlessly treated
he was going right back to
Minnesota and leave the party. I mildly
suggested that he might leave the party and
join the short-hairs in Chicago without wait
ing until he got home to sunder the sacred
ties. This not being entirely satisfactory, I
employed Gen. McLaren as my interpreter to
notify him that if he would join the Demo
cratic ranks he would get a ticket right away,
and then I left for fear he might accept. I
haven'tseen Rogers. or McLaren since. -1
fear the rural rooster has either murdered
them or they have gone back to Minnesota
to see him leave the party. 7
Gov. Davis thinks the applause which
greeted Henderson's mention of Blame's
name very significant/ If he had seen' ten
times the enthusiasm for Blame four years
ago, one round of applause lasting for half
an hour, and if then he didn't get there, he
might change his views. I told the governor
I was afraid we could not carry New York
with Blame, but he said, "If you will only
nominate that old mummy up in Gramercy
park, we can carry it with any one." I was
sorry to hear the governor speak so disre
spectfully of Samuel J., and I was almost
inclined to send a cipher message to Gram
ercy Park about it.
The Minnesota delegation is coming to
the front. Barto made a speech in the con
vention this morning. The motion to ad
journ untii 7p. in., was pending, and the
chair was about to call for a vote, when the
towering form of Barto loomed up. Every
one knows that a motion to adjourn is not
debatable, but Barto is not to be put down
by trifles, and he was so persistent in his
shouts of "Mr. Chairman," and waving of
his hands that the chair finally said, "The
gentleman from Minnesota has the floor."
"Will the chair please state the question
before the house," was Barto's maiden
effort.
It seems to me that I have heard, sue
questions asked before in conyentions when
questions were pending, and I am almost
afraid that Barto's speech, in its entifety at
least, was not wholly original. Still, 'except
Sabiu's welcoming speech, it is the fi*»st pub
lic effort of the delegation, and ought to be
recorded.
Capt. Russell Blakclcy was dead sure this
afternoon that Gen. Sherman would be the
man. As it since transpires that he has sent
both a letter and a telegram peremptorily de
clining, the captain may transfer his views
to sor.ie other candidate.
The Daily Sews declares that Gen. McLaren
was holding office "when Asa Hutchinson
was a baby and wore short clothes." As-the
General and the Xeicx both support Arthur this
announcement might be regarded as autobio
graphical. 7777-
N. P. Clark, of St. Cloud, was around the
headquarters to-night to see if anybody had
dropped an Indian contract that he could
pick up.
Gilfillan and Barker have been walking
about town to-day and it is so cold in the city
to-night that the clothing stores dressed their
wire advertising dummies in buffalo over
coats. ;j;-*,:'77
Fletcher says he is tired and wants to go
home. There will be more in his fix about
day after to-morrow.
W. G. Ward declares that he has captured
six darkey delegates and that Blame has a
sure thing.
Dr. Day is here, but as he didn't get leave
of absence from Frank Hatton he says he
came to hunt for Bosworth and not to attend
the convention.
Rogers isn't certain about his instructions
yet. He read them over again to-day, and
finding that they are very positive for Blame
has concluded that he ought to vote for Ed
munds. : 7~7 7
Stanford Newell stepped on his whisker to
day and has had the headache ever since but
looks very profound when Castle comes .■ in
sight. Barker may have to attend the / con
vention, as his alternate and the steam pipes
are being fixed up in the exposition building
in anticipation of his coming *wi*h Gilfillan
again to-morrow. ' .-777
Castle says he's sick. The oil in Chicago
is too rich for his blood and don't agree with
him. Washburn has been invisible all day.
He don't like to loaf around the throng for
fear he might meet Fletcher.
Deacon Nettleton's experience with the
Chinese on the Villard trip leads him vto be
an ardent supporter of : Arthur, because he
says he rants more of 'em."
Bill King - held ** an - animated discussion
with some of the . anti-Blame delegates at
the headquarters this afternoon, with . Gen.
McLaren thrown in, and damned the whole
party. . Bill is a rustler. 7 '
won't have it.
There hag undoubtedly been a very grow
ing sentiment in favor of Gen. Sherman the
last few days, and the belief that he might be
the coming man has grown very strong in
the Arthur ranks. ' This has been communi
cated to the General and the following tele
gram has been circulated here j to-night,
which I am assured is authentic: ■■ ■ ■
St. Louis, June 4.—Gen. J. B. Henderson,
Chicago: I answered by mail last night. . Please
decline any nomination for me in language strong
but courteous. [Signed.] 7 7;- 7 ■ "W."
If he adheres to this resolution there is
one less dark horse to select from. 7 '•
GOSSIP OF THE hotels.
As the convention has occupied but very
little time to-day the delegates have had more
time to : confab than on yesterday and the
chin music has been something appalling.
You can find almost any rumor afloat you
can imagine, except that Blame will go over
to Arthur or vice, versa. It is hardly wort
while to take space or time In recounting
the " possibility gossip. ' Both Blame
and Arthur's forces . profess to be
very confident, and never so confident as to
night, and the friends of all the others who
have been talked of or have a little following
are wearing lightning rods all over them just
for luck. If you meet an Arthur man he says
Blame cannot be nominated, that Arthur will
commence to gain after the first ballot and
Blame will begin to lose. If you meet a
Blaiue man lie will tell you it is utterly ab
surd to talk of Arthur and that the moment
Arthur begins to break Blame will go in with
a rush. . If you meet a Logan or Edmunds
man he will tell you both Arthur and Blame
aie utterly out of the question, and that his
choice is the only possible name which affords
a compromise. -
And so It goes, with the report that there
is a defection in this delegation and a change
in that delegation until a man who attempts
to follow the stories will about conclude that
the convention will adjourn without nomi
nating any one. _ will not, therefore, bore
you with the details of this swash and gossip.
Just sit down and write almost any improb
able lie you can think of and it will answer
the purpose of the hotel gossip of Chicago. I
simply reiterate it is neither Blame nor Ar
thur.
HOW THE WORK PROGRESSES.. .77 V
The committee on credentials wrestled all
day and "most of the night with their report
and the convention has waited, j It is even
doubtful whether their full report will be
ready at 10 o'clock In the morning when the
convention meets. . . *,'•..\7.v
' The platform committee has been agitated
on the tariff plank and has finally turned it
over to a sub-committee to' wrestle with it
during begins to break Blame will go with
h. I| you meet a Logan or Edmunds
he will lell you both Arthur and Blame
tterly out of the question, and that his
c is the only possible name which affords
.promise.
d so it goes, with the report that there
Lefection in this delegation and a change
at delegation until a man who attempts
low the stories will about conclude that
onvention will adjourn without nouii
ig any one. I will not, therefore, bore
rith the details of this swash and gossip,
sit down and write almost any improb
ile you can think of aud it will answer
urpose of the hotel gossip of Chicago. I
ly reiterate it is neither Blame nor Ar-
HOW THE WORK PROGRESSES,
c committee on credentials wrestled all
Hid most of the night with their report
ihe convention has waited. It is even
tful whether their full report will be
r at 10 o'clock in the morning when the
ention meets,
c platform committee has been agitated
le tariff plank and has finally turned it
to a sub-committee to' wrestle with it
lg the night.
It is certain that there will be no balloting
to-morrow and I doubt whether there will be a
nomination ' before Saturday. I begin '. to
think the gentleman from Nebraska was
about right when he suggested that they
spend a whole year at the job. We are bound
to fix this thing up in style if we take
the first half of Sam Tilden's administration
to do it. You see if we don't. H. P. H.
— —: '. ' . . . ':'..y:.y
| Pen Pictures lit/ Staff Correspondent.
. 'Special Tele-ram to the Globe. 1
Chicago, June 4.—-The decoration in the
great haU in which the convention is held has
been e_, nsive rather than artistic. :. There
is mucil_olor and a very large variety of it,
but it ll.s an effect somewhat like that which
one gets from gazing at unmixed pigments
on the palette of a painter, rather than that
to be obtained from looking at a finished pic
ture. The acoustic properties of the hall are
bad in certain sections, there being especially
noticeable an echo which makes it appear
that every person who orates in any of the
peculiar localities seems to be making two
speeches at the same moment. A reporter,
or ny other listener, can take his choice of
the echo or speech according to his location
and his fancy.
The seating capacities of the hall are ample
in every portion, save in the small pen re
served in front of the ■ speaker's stand, for
the press. In this space it is intended that
there shall be tables and seats for three hun
dred newspaper men,but the result is a failure
and an imposition, especially for members
of the press from other cities. The Chicago
papers have taken all the best seats in the
immediate front of the chairman, which is
all proper enough in view of the fact that
they have to handle the largest reports. But
they are not satisfied with having all the best
seats ahd the greatest number of them, nor
even with having twice as many as they have
any use for. For every seat they " have ac
tual use for they keep three or four reserved
into which loungers are installed, and from
which actual working representatives of the
outside press are • excluded. This
has created a good deal of
feeling on the part of press men from other
places, and in case of an opportunity, they
will be likely to reciprocate .in kind the at
tentions they have received from the Chica
go fraternity. »
The convention thus far has shown few
great men; in fact it is in this respect far
behind any' convention of the same party
which has been held in many ■ years. The
great men have staid away, either • because
they all expect the nomination or because,
having no chance to get it, they think
the affair is not worth bothering
about. George William Curtis, of New York,
seems to be about the : greatest gun which
has, as yet, been fired off. He is a fairly
good speaker and commands attention when
he takes the floor. Lynch, the colored man,
who has acted as temporary chairman, has
considerable white blood in him, and shows
considerable sense and rather superior ora
torical ability in fact, next to Curtis,he is the
best man in the gathering when he gets on
his feet for a speech. Robert Small, the ne
gro who during the war ran a confederate
vessel under the guns of the federals at
Charleston, is one of the celebrities of the
convention. He is portly, rather inclining
to gray in his hair and mustache, full-faced,
maslve in build and is quite a handsome,
imposing person, He has a trace of white
blood in his composition, and is well liked
by his colleagues. Young Roosevelt, of New
York City, who has lately gained some re
kown as a would be reformer, attacts
considerable attention. He is young, with
reddish hair, and mustache, wears eye glass
es, has a massive jaw and looks like • a man
who would carry out a plan if he should : en
ter on it. Henderson, the chairman,is tall and
thin, with a round head, * dark eyes and
closely clipped dark beard, and looks very
much like Gen. Sherman. But the attempt
to locate celebrities in the convention is very
difficult, 7 more . especially *yt for
the reason that' there are -7 none.
If there -f are ■( any ■ very great • men
present, they have managed to thus far very
successfully conceal their existence. It is
possiole that as the ; convention proceeds
with its work, latent geniU3 and: capacity
. may become developed.
There is no lack of visitors to the conven
tion. In fact, there are many times more
visitors" than there are delegates,'and yet
there is any quantity of tickets: for • sale , on
the streets at prices ranging from $20 to $50.
It seems rather odd that in a. matter in which
the public has so great an interest, . the peo-
pie should be excluded save when' favoritism
or money can secure their entrance. The
tickets offered for sale as: a' rule are those
possessed by the colored delegates, •' who, • al
though they may be: 'patriots, are
still ' eager in their . search for the
almighty dollar. .It- Is ■ known that
they sell their extra tickets, and it is suspect
ed that they have something else for sale, to
wit. their votes, and that just now they are
actively negotiating for the best possible quid
pro quo on a cash basis of their preferences
for candidates. The colored representation
of the southern states in the' convention is
not a very large one, nor is it select as to
style or intellect. * Except Small, Lynch and
one or two others, the entire - collection of
colored men does not rise above the average
waiter in his appearance. ■ They have noth
ing to say to the convention and all the most
of them expect to say under any circumstan
ces is that the amount offered for their vote
is too small or else that It is satisfactory.
The crowd in the city is not more • than
one-half what is was • at the convention of
four years ago. . This must be interpreted
as meaning the masses of the party have
lost the interest in the presidential cam
paign which they ■ had so long possessed.
About the only exhibition of popular feeling
to-day was produced ,in '•■ the audience by the
mention of Blame's name* by the chairman
and which goes to prove that while there
may be some choice among the people in the
selection of a candidate, the politicians are
ignoring their wishes. Arthur is ■ ahead
among the delegates, and Blame among the
people as shown by the demonstrations of
to-day. To-morrow will probably bring out
the stuff of which the convention is made
and interesting results may be looked for.
WEDNESDAY'S "VVABBLINGS.
[Special Telegram to the Globe.J
Chicago, June 4.This has been, a field day
for the respective boomers. The Blame men are
jubilant and claim to-night 360 on the first ballot.
This includes the votes of Ohio, Georgia, Ten
nessee, 11 from Kentucky, 6 from Virginia, the
solid vote of Arkansas, and the nearly solid vote
of the territories.
The Blame men are loudly advocating the
ticket by Blame and Logan, deciding that with it
they would sweep the country, but the advocates
of the proposed tail of the of the ticket do not
relish such talk, and declare that if their favorite
cannot have first place he will have none at all.
A telegram was sent to Gen. Logan - asking him
if he would consent to the use of his name as
proposed, and a reply was received that he would
not be a candidate for vice president. - ■
The Harrison boom is looking up some, and
he begins to be generally regarded as the legatee
of the Arthur-Edmunds strength in case of a
break. The latest rumor is that it is arranged to
give him 28 votes on the first ballot, as a nucleus
for the solid vote of these factions when it is
discovered that their candidate cannot be nomi
nated. '
COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS.
The event of the evening . was the unanimous
decision by the committee on credentials to rec
ommend that the Mahone I delegation be seated.
This decision was arrived at after protracted ses
sion, which lasted until 1:30. Dezendorf pre
sented his view of the case in a speech lasting
three-quarters of an hour, and at its close the
sentiment of the committee seemed strong in fa
vor of seating the straightouts, but was fol
lowed by Mr. Brady, .of . Virginia, who
for an hour held the close attention of the con
vention, supporting the Mahone side. So strong
were his arguments that at the close the strong
est Blame men were convinced of the justice of
seating the Mahone delegation and there was not
a dissenting vote. The committee had previ
ously admitted the Arthur delegates from the
Seventh Alabama and First Georgia, J also the
Logan delegates from the Second Illinois, the
Blame delegates from the Fifteenth Kentucky,
and had retained the sitting members of the
Fourth Maryland, Sixth New York and Twenty
first Pennsylvania. In the • Nineteenth New
York they divided the vote between the con
testants. . . '...
The committee adjourned until 9:30 a. m.,
when they will complete their report.
THE PLATFORM.
The committee on resolutions held committee
meeting this evening, and decided to recommend
a strong civil service. resolution, besides the
usual grist of minor resolutions. , Considerable
time was devoted .to the «. consideration
of the tariff . question, the sub-com
mittee .. having :, reported - favorably
to a high protective tariff. The majority of the
committee, however, were in ' favor of a more
moderate tariff— tariff for revenue with inci
dental protection, and the resolution was recom
mitted to the subcommittee to be so modified.
Another meeting will be held to-morrow morning
at 9 o'clock, and the committee may possibly be
ready to report at the morning session of the
convention, but from present appearances it will
be afternoon before they complete their report.
AFTER CONVENTION GOSSIP. .7
. | Western Associated Press. |
.The sub-committee on resolutions having com
pleted their work reported to the full committee
at three o'clock this afternoon. The resolutions
as reported were read in order for debate and ap
proved. The session lasted four hours and ad
journed without completing the J platform. j The
principal point of discussion was understood to
be the tariff plank and it was finally recommen
ded to the sub-committee, with instructions to
the full committee at half past nine to-morrow
morning. It is said the difference of ' opinion is
not serious and will be readily settled at a meet
ing to be held later this evening. The resolutions
will contain a strong endorsement of President
Arthur's administration, declare for civil service
reform, faver an efficient navy and a vigorous
tariff plauk^ < v, 7,_'-''7 7
GEN. POWELL CLAYTON.
. Gen. Powell Clayton in an interview to-day
siad the assertion had been made in - certain
newspapers that he had pledged himself and the
Arkansas delegation to Arthur 'and is now un
fairly leaving him, : "The fact is that I have
never spoken or written a word to him on the
subject of his candidacy. I felt friendly toward
him and do yet, and if he has developed sufficient
strength in his own state and other northern
states that gve representative majority I would
have supported him, and I think the delegation
would have joined me in this."
SHERMAN TO HENDERSON.
The following is the text of Gen. Sherman's
reply to ex-Senator Henderson: "I answered by
mail last night, j If that letter is not received
please decline any nomination for me in lan
guage strong but courteous."
OGLES-T, DOUGLAS AND HORR.
After the adjournment of the convention and
while the hall was still crowded, there were loud
calls for lngersoll and Oglesby ; the calls were
kept up for a long time. g Mr. lngersoll did not
respond to them but ex-Gov. : Richard J. Oglesby
did, and made a long and amusing speech, allud
ing in complimentary terms to the various candi
dates for the presidential nominations, Arthur,
Edmunds, Blame, the two Shermans, Logan, ex-
Gov. Fairchild, of Wisconsin, Gen. U. S. Grant,
Harrison,' Gresham and others were in turn com
plimented by the speaker and were applauded by
the audience. In conclusion he announced that
the ' Republican ..: party wag going to ; win,
and that the American people , would not allow
that party to retire from the exercise of the
solemn powers of the nation.
'. After Oglesby finished his 'speech there were
calls for Fred Douglas, to ' which, after a., time,
that gentleman responded. He excused himself,'
however,from making a speech on account of the
loss of his voice. Then the calls ! for lngersoll
were renewed, but as | that | gentleman •' was not
present a substitute was suggested in the person
of Congressman Horr, of; Michigan, who came
forward and made a speech. He remarked that
six months ago they had been told the Republi
can nomination for the presidency ; would go a
begging, but there was not much sign of , its go
ing abegging to-night. The edict has gone : out
that this convention would name the next' presi
dent. -- Republican conventions • had "'_ named the
president for twenty-four years.they had got into
the habit of it and were not going < to i break up
, that habit this year. .. Ho " ; ; ridiculed',: the
Democratic majority in the house of represen
tatives, and its bitter failure in the way of tariff
revision. "God," he said," "would not have put
the gold, and coal, and ' iron in the bowels of the
land if he thsught that the Demtcratic party was
going to rule the country, and abolish the tariff."
[Laughter. J ; '•'■' '.'-'.,'"
THE CONTESTED CASES.
The decision of the committee . on credentials
in the contested Fifth Kentucky district case has
excited a good deal of excitement and ill-feeling,
and it is said to-night the committee will recon
sider its action. If it does not, some of the mem
bers of the Kentucky delegation threaten to take
the matter before the convention. It is stated
that the Mahone delegation Iron. Virginia will be
admitted without contest. . 7
' on their muscle,
George Turner, of Alabama, this afternon as
saulted Brewster Cameron, ex-chief examiner of
the United States department of justice, in the
rotunda of the Grand Pacific hotel. . Cameron
turned upon him and struck him a severe blow
on tho head with a cane. Hon. Paul Strobach, of
Alabama, seeing his friend was getting the worst
of the encounter, began punching Cameron with
his umbrella. The latter, I however was fully
equal to the occasion and came out first best in
the fight. The occasion of the assault, Mr. Cam
eron says, was evidence which he was compelled
to give before the committee on expenditures to
the department of justice, concerning the con
duct of certain Alabama marshals. ,7;v7
■ , foreign opinion. , .. .• IT
London, June 4.—The StandaJd says: "At
no time, perhaps, in the history of America, has
it been less possible to forecast the . result than
at Chicago. The voting , will be simply the tri
umph of men, not victory for measure. Whatev
er the result, there are no great issues at stake.
It is difficult to say where- the Republican and
Democratic platforms differ. The chief import
ance of the present convention consists in "decid
ing how far the choice of the candidate can be in
fluenced by the Irish faction in favor of stirring
up ill blood between England and America.:
Continued on Fifth Page. . /
'77 77 Farmers in Council
• Davenport, lowa, ". June : This was the
fourth and closing day of the national convention
of farmers. At the forenoon session resolutions
were adopted renewing their stand against meas
ures which control individuals. They are in har
mony with the efforts against personal liberty;
protest against the misuse of alcoholic drinks;
ask strong measures for the protection of work
men against the carelessness jof employers in
neglecting to provide sufficient barriers against
accidents in mines and factories, and that a pen
alty for such carelessness may be imposed upon
such employers, and also ask for laws enforcing
the sanitary and.moral protection of women em
ployed in mills and factories; denouncing stage
exhibitions of children and children's masque
rades; against the destruction of forests, etc.
The afternoon was spent in visiting places of in
terest about the city and Government island.
Alabama Delegates.
Montgomery, Ala., June 4.—The Democrats
in state convention to-day nominated by accla
mation for Governor, Oneal; Secretary of State,
Fheland; and for Treasurer, Smith. Mcßurke
was nominated for auditor. Recess. District
convention to-night made following nominations
of delegates to the Chicago convention; First
District D. B. Bestar, C. Scott ;_Second District,
J. T. B. Ford, J. H. Clisby; Fourth District, J.
E. Webb, J. C. Campton; Fifth District, W. F.
Wilkenson, S.J. Darby: Sixth . District, T. C.
Clarke, L. B. Musgrove ; Seventh District, J. A,
Walden, J. F. B. Jackson; Eighth District,
Dan Coleman, R. A.' McLelland. ■'. 7 777.'
Twenty-one Little Graves*
Philadelphia, Juue 4.— village of Ham
monton, on the Camden & : Atlanta road, New
Jersey, was greatly excited to-day over the dis
covery of the bodies of twenty-one children bur
ied in a small plat of ground attached to the san
itarium, called • the Wiveson j Home, ' under the
supervision of MissS. S.Wiverson, a middle aged
woman. , The coroner's jury found the children
died from natural causer, aggravated by neglect
of Miss Wiverson, improper * sanitary arrange
ments and gross incompetency of nurses.
Democratic Doings.
Fostoria, 0., June 4.The Democrats of the
Leventh district nominated Geo. E. Seney j for
re-election to congress, declared in favor of the
presidential ticket of 1876, and elected S. D.
Iloupt and Dr. James A. Morton delegates to
Chicago convention.
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This fellow is evidently a Foreigner,
and not yet become sufficiently Ameri
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would be impossible for us to meet HIS
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Blue Flannel Suits, $9, $11, 812,
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Specialties in all-wool Suits, at $8,
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Children's Plaited Blouse Suits, $3.50,
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Novelties in Boating Shirts, Bicycle
Suits, White and Fancy Tests,
Shirt Waists. •_. •
Straw and Stiff Hats, an immense va
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